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Not worried about the West

Rockies manager Jim Tracy was asked about his team’s 16-22 record against the National League West. His reply was, essentially, the record isn’t as bad as it looks.

“I don’t think we’ve had struggles inside the National League West,” Tracy said. “I think we had some struggles specifically with one club in the early part of the season. But as far as the rest of the division is concerned, we played very good baseball.”

That one club, of course, is the Dodgers, against whom the Rockies are 2-10.

“And as we go forward, we have to be mindful of that, and hopefully through the months of August and September rectify that situation somewhat,” Tracy said. “I said at the end of the L.A. series, we’re 2-10 against them, I believe. But as far as I’m concerned, you can take those 12 games and throw them out the window because the six games we have left with them are the most important. Not to say that the other 12 weren’t, but they don’t have much baring moving forward because of where we’ve come from and where we’re at sitting here today.”

Well, that’s a subject for another time. The Rockies first post-All-Star break series at home is against the D-backs. And the Rox are 4-5 against them.

Here are the lineups:

D-backs

Stephen Drew, SS

Ryan Roberts, 2B

Justin Upton, RF

Mark Reynolds, 1B

Gerardo Parra, LF

Chris Young, CF

Luke Carlin, C

Augie Ojeda, 3B

Doug Davis, P

Rockies

Dexter Fowler, CF

Clint Barmes, 2B

Todd Helton, 1B

Brad Hawpe, RF

Troy Tulowitzki, SS

Ian Stewart, 3B

Seth Smith, LF

Chris Iannetta, C

Jorge De La Rosa, P

In another development, outfielder Ryan Spilborghs is not with the team tonight. He is with his wife, Stacey, for the anticipated birth of the couple’s first child. Spilborghs earlier announced that the girl will be named Kierra Esperanza Spilborghs, in honor of Ryan’s mother, Esperanza, who died during Spring Training after a long illness.

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Congrats to Spilly and his new family. That’s very cool that they named their daughter after his mother. I had met his mother Esperanza and his father last season and it was an honor…Dhttp://baseballsnatcher.mlblogs.com/

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